MaryJanice Davidson Quotes

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Never, EVER give up. Not ever. Not EVER. Ever EVER!

MaryJanice Davidson

Giving Up, Giving, Rejection

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I know it's practical for career women, but sneakers with suits? Jesus couldn't possibly weep harder than I did.

MaryJanice Davidson

Jesus, Sneakers, Careers

MaryJanice Davidson (2006). “Undead and Unpopular: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.21, Penguin

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You have attained maturity; display it for us, if you please.

MaryJanice Davidson

Maturity, Please, Ifs

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Can you burn me up with holy water? Poke me to death with your crucifix? Pelt me with communion wafers?

MaryJanice Davidson

Water, Holy, Communion

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I was so furious I was actually dizzy with it. There were so many bitchy, sarcastic observations to make, I was having a sarcasm stroke. "My God! You people! You're - you're so stupid you're making my eyeballs throb. They're throbbing, dammit!

MaryJanice Davidson

Sarcastic, Stupid, Sarcasm

MaryJanice Davidson (2010). “Undead and Unfinished: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.114, Penguin

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Has anyone ever told you that you lack focus?

MaryJanice Davidson

Focus

MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unwed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.97, Penguin

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Why is it suddenly uncool to spell? That's all I want to know.

MaryJanice Davidson

Want, Uncool, Knows

MaryJanice Davidson (2011). “Undead and Undermined: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.86, Penguin

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Also,I loathe it when you refer to me as dude" Eric Sinclair to Betsy

MaryJanice Davidson

Eric, Loathe

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He said my name the way diabetics talked about hot fudge sundaes.

MaryJanice Davidson

Names, Hot, Fudge

MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unemployed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.42, Penguin

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It's inappropriate for the queen of the dead to be afraid of ghosts.

MaryJanice Davidson

Queens, Ghost, Inappropriate

MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unemployed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.134, Penguin

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Elizabeth Anne Taylor April 25, 1974 - April 25, 2004 Our Sweetheart, Only resting

MaryJanice Davidson

April, Sweetheart

MaryJanice Davidson (2006). “Undead and Unreturnable: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.19, Penguin

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Back off, boys. You don't want to mess with an out-of-work secretary. We're real testy.

MaryJanice Davidson

Real, Boys, Want

MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unwed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.120, Penguin

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I've been stabbed before. Barely a week ago, in fact. AND I've been audited, AND I come from a broken home. In short - no offense, shorty - you don't scare me.

MaryJanice Davidson

Home, Broken, Scare

MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unwed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.221, Penguin

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Wow, girlfriend, you're incompatible with life! And here I thought I was just incompatible with pink.

MaryJanice Davidson

Girlfriend, Wow

MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unwed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.105, Penguin

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My my Laura Goodman. I must say that is a charming name for a charming young lady." "Eric's old." I broke in. "Really really old." "Er— really?" Laura asked. "Gosh you don't look even out of your thirties." "Tons of face-lifts. He's a surgical addict. I'm trying to get him help." I added defensively when they both gave me strange looks.

MaryJanice Davidson

Names, Trying, Eric

MaryJanice Davidson (2005). “Undead and Unappreciated: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.155, Penguin

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I've always assumed he'd be around to be, you know, yelled at and taken for granted. And of course I was wrong. Nobody's going to put up with that forever.

MaryJanice Davidson

Taken, Forever, Granted

MaryJanice Davidson (2005). “Undead and Unappreciated: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.204, Penguin

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He snarled at me. "This isn't over yet, Betsy." "Excellent," I said. "I would also have accepted 'You haven't seen the last of me' and 'You'll regret this'.

MaryJanice Davidson

Regret, Lasts, Excellent

MaryJanice Davidson (2010). “Undead And Unappreciated: Number 3 in series”, p.144, Hachette UK

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I—I adore you, too. Well, I don't know if I adore you. That's not really the word I'd use. But I—I—" I managed to wrench it out. God, this was hard! "I love you." "Of course you do," he said, totally unsurprised. "WHAT? I finally tell you my deepest, most personal feelings and you're all, 'Yeah, I already got that memo'? This, this is why you drive me nuts! This is why it's so hard to tell you things! I take it back.

MaryJanice Davidson

Love You, Nuts, Feelings

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All writers are crazy. So never mind what the editors and your family and your critique group tells you. Submit your manuscripts and keep submitting until you get an offer. Then you can be crazy, with a paycheck.

MaryJanice Davidson

Crazy, Writing, Editors

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The vampire bible, bound in human skin, written in blood, and full of prophecies that were never wrong. Trouble was, if you read the thing too long, it drove you nuts. Not "I'm having a bad day and feel bitchy" nuts or PMS nuts. "I think I'll commit felony assault on my friends and rape my boyfriend" nuts.

MaryJanice Davidson

Bad Day, Thinking, Blood

MaryJanice Davidson (2006). “Undead and Unreturnable: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.30, Penguin

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You'll pay," she said stonily. "You won't be like this by this time tomorrow." "Bored and pissed off? God, I hope not.

MaryJanice Davidson

Bored, Pissed Off, Pay

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... friends are such a mixed blessing.

MaryJanice Davidson

Blessing

Maggie Shayne, MaryJanice Davidson, Jacey Ford, Angela Knight (2009). “The Incredible Misadventures of Boo and the Boy Blunder: An Undead Novella A Penguin Group Special from Berkley Sensation”, p.21, Penguin

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Zombieland reference," Jon said, nodding. "How do you know that? That's a thousand-year-old reference!" I looked at laura. "I can't think of a single movie from a thousand years ago." "Uh...Betsy..." "Don't say it." You know how you don't know how stupid something is until you hear yourself say it? That happened to me a lot.

MaryJanice Davidson

Stupid, Thinking, Years

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Yeah, well, it's been a super fun week. And by 'super fun' I mean 'horrible and endless'.

MaryJanice Davidson

Fun, Mean, Week

MaryJanice Davidson (2007). “Undead and Uneasy: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.133, Penguin

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I've got a folder full of rejection slips that I keep. Know why? Because those same editors are now calling my agent hoping I'll write a book or novella for them. Things change. A rejection slip today might mean a frantic call to your agent in six months.

MaryJanice Davidson

Book, Writing, Mean

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